Kobo eReader Available for Pre-Order

Kobo announced that its eReader is now available for pre-order in the U.S. at Borders online, and will ship “in time for Father’s Day.”

The Kobo eReader rings in at $149.99, which is $110 below the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook. Post-iPad, that’s probably a more reasonable price point for dedicated ebook readers.

The Kobo device features a soft, quilted back panel, and promises access to over a million e-books. It can sync via USB or over Bluetooth, but it won’t offer an over-the-air store like the Kindle or the Sony Reader Daily Edition (review coming soon).

The Kobo eReader will come preloaded with 100 classic books, and has enough memory for about 1,000 books total.